How to Implement Number Sense and Still Teach Your Curriculum

Number Sense | 3 comments

Last week I did a video all about what number sense is and I got some feedback like, “I know what this is, but now, how do I develop it?”  and “How do I develop it, especially when the curriculum I am using doesn’t have number sense activities?” I also heard...

What is Number Sense and Why It’s So Essential

Building Number Sense, Number Sense, Subitizing | 15 comments

The number one concern I hear from teachers is that their students struggle with number sense and they want to build that for their kiddos. However, although we know our kiddos don’t have a good sense of numbers, it’s hard to define what Number Sense is. If you don’t...

Why the “Make 10” Strategy is WAY better than “Doubles” Strategy for Fact Fluency

Fact Fluency, Number Sense | 4 comments

When helping kids develop Fact Fluency I believe in focusing on 4 Types of Facts and then how those facts are related to all the other facts. You may have seen the chart below in previous posts of mine, but this chart shows those 4 Types of Facts: Doubles (orange),...

Building the Benchmarks of 5 and 10

Number Sense | 7 comments

My favorite topic is number sense and my favorite number relationship that builds number sense is the Benchmarks of 5 & 10.  Now, I know you really shouldn’t have a favorite, they all are essential (just like all of my kids…but depending upon the day,...

Graham Fletcher: 3 Act Math Tasks Webinar

3 Act Math Tasks, Add-Subtract-Place Value | 10 comments

The struggle between Quantity and Context is real in a math classroom. Kids want to just focus on the quantities, but we as teachers want them to also focus on the context. In this webinar, Graham Fletcher shows us how to move kids away from being “number...

Evergreen Subitizing Games

Number Sense, Subitizing | 0 comments

https://vimeo.com/192701365 Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize how many in a set without counting.  This video describes 5 Evergreen games that you can use to help build your students’ subitizing abilities.  Watch the video and then complete the...

Fact Fluency Part 3: The Power of Subitizing

Building Number Sense, Subitizing | 4 comments

 Fact Fluency Part 1                        Fact Fluency Part 2 Have you ever had a student that when you put up 4 fingers and asked them “How many fingers do I have?” they had to count each finger one-by-one?  That happens way too often in early...